also quite important in california into and -- 2003. they recognize the parliamentary statute followed a very important leader. and a very intelligent political campaign, they nearly ruled that marriage exclusion of same-sex couples violates the state constitution. they give the legislature several months to implement this, reaffirmed in 2004 when they met the mandate. in may of 2004, for the first time in the united states, officials started handing out marriage licenses and nullified in previous campaigns. they argued there was a backlash against the decision in massachusetts. does backlash was much less pronounced. in the state of massachusetts, the persistent campaign to amend the constitution was rebuffed at every turn by the legislature. president george w. bush's campaign with the federal marriage amendments did not get through this said. , the cloture vote and the supporters of the federal marriage amendment could not even secure a majority. to be sure that there is a proliferation of states and a crucial amendments mostly by in